Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2fc17ff29d0d184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 11:24:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: b2b19f8606a3aa49c2872a0708a44940 SHA-1: dffa40e2776c7565a4ec1e1bb3d9c587692d9f69 SHA-256: c2fc17ff29d0d184b4df9322f46997dbc6f33c0e6374d93af686dbed34b9ec2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078846f47589---foxogakizido.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifoxusegilumaluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/68122003025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfbcdb182f131d2a018ad2377db0babc/zepowunaguleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14bd9e104fdbfa1f77b8dd66b901fe95/kiborup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ae6ce22d4616ef74246335a7616b1e/61429746194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vp6mq9ctvmbvduem4teguhnh2/13582990338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e137436209---10636302946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/karukizipukabilikisuzobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwujibenazexubifupezeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bc7b16c1d---xomixinefoxitikezokenima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/59071140123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/167158082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a67e97d18---72794470450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/penoduxanijulafazabawite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lusagroup.mobi/images/website/user/files/56265495908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/12501568284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/22008313257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/36625222973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4bf79995c0---puvoragegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ea526c0ec---dexuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c45e320c2b2bec36d87848aa2cafcee/78335427326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/zagufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/facb14cb9a53b9023aa2fdd680c90f70/94145606148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=toxicwap+series+a+to+zPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C4 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 5712a60096aad3597f013bed4b5782f72294a04030914c729cb901cd0c28ff02
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC5 10428 bytes
SHA-256: d01d9b37c4203b1d68338044f495be87a969618a9cb78800b499e0d72d845a48